April started out with fun spring break activities. Brad got his first ever turkey at our bowling game. We found out the Bees are the Dirty Soda's on Wednesday nights. It was a rainy week so we went to a jump place almost every day, the kids had a blast and the adults were sore and exhausted. We took Grandma and Grandpa Dennis out for ice cream. The boys loved searching for their easter baskets and finding feastables chocolate and new shoes. We had a lovely easter dinner with grandparents. And then began the month of projects/preparation for our big remodel. We painted the interior side of our front door and did a clean sweep of our house, garage, and shed. We have lived in our house 11 1/2 years and it is amazing how kids growing up and life in general accumulates things. It was a lot of work but felt good to edit our possessions to match this season of our life. We made it to the new Mario movie. Jefferson got to go to JA City and be a producer for Megaplex. He had a great time with his 5th grade class and Mary had fun volunteering. March madness was intense at our house. The boys made their own bracket for their hallway games and we watched all of the final games. Brad had the best bracket ever- predicting the 2 teams in the final game and the champions. Carter also predicted the champions so we celebrated with their dinner choice- Habit Burger. We made it to another Bees game and checked out the golf course and churros. We decorated teacher doors for 5th grade and 1st grade for teacher appreciation week and Brad discovered that decorating doors is not his talent. We sat through many a soccer game- both Jefferson and Carter on goal streaks this season, but the star of the sidelines is Bella- especially with her green hoodie. We had the Jefferson annual easter egg hunt and then sadly picked up a stomach bug- just Mary was safe and Bella kept us smiling. We watched the Mammoth win the first ever Stanley Cup playoff game in Utah- the boys were ecstatic! Jefferson put together the gnome village in our front yard and had his spring concert- playing the glockenspiel and drums and then to celebrate we went to another Bees game and saw them win. Jefferson got a signed baseball to celebrate. And this month our ha ha was when Carter was complaining about walking to soccer practice at the school by us and Jefferson said "Carter! When I was your age I walked to school every day." - uphill both ways in the snow.
